Rate My Professor Sarah Colhoun

Sarah Colhoun's academic interests centre on advancing health equity for priority populations—Māori, Pacific peoples, and those with disabilities—while supporting older adults and children. With strong qualitative skills augmented by mixed and quantitative methods, her work generates evidence to refine health and social systems and shape policy. Her ongoing Va'a o Tautai project, 'Understanding Big Data', examines case studies in child protection and ageing. Her MA research delved into natural environments' contributions to health and wellbeing. Notable publications include "Transport practices of Māori Kaumātua (Indigenous elders) in Aotearoa New Zealand: baseline findings from prospective older adults transport and health study (NZPATHS)" (BMC Public Health, 2025); "‘If you thought it was going to make a difference, you'd do it straight away’: School staff decisions to report to Child Protection" (Child & Family Social Work, 2025); "Māori perspectives on a potential low dose CT lung cancer screening programme in Aotearoa New Zealand: results of a mixed-method cross-sectional survey" (BMC Public Health, 2026); and contributions to studies on police reports in child protection and Pacific university students' wellbeing. She actively participates in the Collaboration for Ageing Research Excellence (CARE), Transport Research Network (TRN), Public Health Association (PHA), interRAI Research Network, and Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research (CCREATE).